Graham Feeny
Artistic Associate
@grahamfeeny
Graham Feeny (he/his) joined Gibney Company as an Artistic Associate in 2022. He was previously an apprentice with Chamber Dance Project and most recently danced with BalletCollective and staged Justin Peck’s Become A Mountain for BalletX. Feeny is a graduate of The Juilliard School, where he performed works by Marco Goecke, Bobbi Jene Smith, Justin Peck, Trisha Brown, Jamar Roberts, Paul Taylor, and Ohad Naharin. Additionally, he has participated in training programs with NDT, Arts Umbrella, and Springboard Dans Montreal where he studied works by Crystal Pite, William Forsythe, Alan Lucien, Sharon Eyal, and Paul Lightfoot, among others. Born and raised in Toledo, Ohio, Feeny began dancing at age two and trained in all dance styles for many years at Company C Dance Club.
Lounes Landri
Artistic Associate
Lounes (he/they) was born in Glenview, Illinois in 2000. He started dancing when he was twelve years old at Foster Dance Studios, training in classical ballet, modern, and contemporary techniques. In 2022, Lounes graduated from Juilliard where they performed new creations by Marcus Jarrell Willis, Jamar Roberts, Bobbi Jene Smith, and Justin Peck. Lounes has also danced repertoire by Donald McKayle, Paul Taylor, and Aszure Barton. Upon Graduation, Lounes danced in The Batsheva Ensemble from 2022-2023, where they trained daily in the Gaga movement language and performed the repertoire of Ohad Naharin. In addition to dancing, Lounes is a choreographer and has participated in Juilliard’s dance workshops and projects such as Amplified Currents Festival of the Arts: Choreographers and Opus Illuminate, and Batsheva Ensemble Creates. Lounes joined Gibney Company in June 2024.
Eleni Loving
Artistic Associate
@eleni.loving
Eleni Loving (she/her) joined Gibney Company as an Artistic Associate in 2022. A 2022 graduate of The Juilliard School, Loving is a 2022 Princess Grace Honoraria Award winner and was presented the Artist as Citizen award by Juilliard’s President, Damian Woetzel. She is grateful to have been named a 2018 YoungArts winner in Modern/Contemporary Dance, and a NAACP ACT-SO awardee. She has had the privilege of working personally with choreographers including Ohad Naharin, Jawole Willa Jo Zollar, Francesca Harper, Bobbi Jene Smith, and Justin Peck. In 2022, Eleni helped lead the first Juilliard improvisation residency for Ballet Tech by teaching their 6th grade class. She worked with Shamel Pitts and TRIBE Collective appearing in Calvin Klein’s 2022 “This is Love” Pride Campaign and collaborated with Francesca Harper for her work in Works & Process at the Guggenheim Museum. Loving believes in focusing on developing her humanity just as much as her artistry. Having one always inform the other. Her Moving Toward Justice Fellowship, BEYOND THE SCOPE (BTS) podcast, aims to highlight the multiplicity of dancers as people and foster the awareness that dancers have agency in moving into whatever passions they might have, either after a performance career or alongside it. Loving is a native of Dallas, Texas and began her training with Dallas Black Dance Academy. She graduated from Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts, supplementing her training with programs at The Dance Theatre of Harlem, Arts Umbrella, Alonzo King LINES Ballet, and others.
Jordan Powell
Artistic Associate
@jordannpow
Jordan Powell (she/her) joined Gibney Company in 2022 as an Artistic Associate after graduating from from the University of Southern California’s Glorya Kaufman School of Dance. At USC she performed works by, Jiří Kylián, William Forsythe, Merce Cunningham, Paul Taylor, Doug Varone, Ohad Naharin, Barak Marshall, and Hope Boykin, Jermaine Spivey, among other influential choreographers. She has done additional intensive training at Jacob’s Pillow, The Juilliard School, BalletX, and Complexions Contemporary Ballet. As a dance educator, Powell has taught at Everybody Dance LA! and Project Dance in New Jersey. Powell is originally from Freehold, NJ.
Jie-Hung Connie Shiau
Artistic Associate
@jiehungshiau
Jie-Hung Connie Shiau (she/her) joined Gibney Company in 2020 as an Artistic Associate and was selected as a Gibney Choreographic Fellow for the 2022-23 season. For her fellowship, she created a new work that was presented at Gibney Center in New York in November 2022. As a dancer, choreographer, and educator, Shiau has worked as a collaborator with an array of companies, including Hubbard Street Dance Chicago, AIM by Kyle Abraham, Gallim Dance, Helen Simoneau Danse, MeenMoves, Adam Barruch/Anatomiae Occultii, and Kevin Wynn Works. Her choreographic work has been presented at New Choreographer Project in Taipei, Taiwan, Loyola University, Hubbard Street Dance Chicago summer intensives, Earl Mosley Diversity of Dance, Little Island Dance Festival, SUNY Purchase Spring Concert, Hubbard Street Dance Chicago’s 43rd Virtual Season, and Shiau’s film “Greener Grass” was a semifinalist in the London International Web & Shorts Film Festival 2021. As an artist, Shiau has been recognized as a Chicago Dancemaker Forum Greenhouse Artist in 2019, as one of Dance Magazine’s 2018 “25 To Watch” picks, with an Honorable Mention for the Jadin Wong Award for Emerging Asian American Dancer in 2014, and with a Reverb Dance Festival Dancer Award in 2014. Her Moving Toward Justice Fellowship project with Gibney is BODYHUES, a platform to promote self-caring and self-loving practices as a means of fighting body shaming culture. Born in Gainesville, Florida, Shiau was raised in Tainan, Taiwan.
Zack Sommer
Artistic Associate
@zacksommer_
Zack Sommer (he/him) was born in San Diego, California where his creativity and love for movement led him to dance at an early age. He passionately pursued his dance career, cultivating his skills at Danceology Performing Arts Campus before graduating with a BFA from The Juilliard School in 2024. His repertoire at Juilliard includes performances of works by distinguished choreographers like Medhi Walerski, Aszure Barton, Ohad Naharin, Riley Watts, Jamar Roberts, Rena Butler, Kyle Abraham and Tiler Peck. Zack’s commitment to artistic growth extends to prestigious summer programs, such as Ballet BC’s 44 Summer Intensive, Springboard Danse Montreal, Orsolina 28, Jacob’s Pillow, b12 Summer Festival, and Arts Umbrella International Summer Dance Intensive, where he was able to study the works of Crystal Pite, Paul Lightfoot/Sol León, Jiří Kylián, Marco Goecke, and William Forsythe and has been in new works with Ethan Colangelo, Akira Yoshida, and Helen Pickett. Zack is fortunate to have been named a SPOTLIGHT Grand Prize Finalist, and a National YoungArts Foundation Award Winner. Zack was a Guest Artist with Ballet BC as well as Gibney Company in their 2023/2024 Seasons, and is thrilled to be continuing as an Artistic Associate with Gibney.
Madi Tanguay
Artistic Associate
@tang_uay
Madi Tanguay (she/her) joined Gibney Company as an Artistic Associate in 2023. Previously working with the TL Collective in 2019, she has premiered several works by Micaela Taylor including MISFIT and BlueNav, and has assisted choreographic residencies at USC and B12. Interested in a career that expands across many mediums, Madi graduated from UCLA with highest honors in World Arts and Cultures B.A. and International Development Studies B.A. Creating a relationship between research and artistic practice, she produces multi-disciplinary work across dance, music, and film. She attributes her early inspiration and study to Springboard Danse Montreal (2022) and Hubbard Street Dance Professional Program (2018) under the direction of Alexandra Wells. During her time in these programs she has worked with Ballet Jazz de Montreal, Ethan Colangelo, Shamel Pitts, and Bobbie Jean Smith. Tanguay’s artistic abilities have been recognized by The YoungArts Foundation and The Music Center’s Spotlight. Through mentorship by Bret Easterling, Spesner Theberge, Jermaine Spivey, Pau Aran, and Ella Rothschild; she has begun to explore her own choreographic inquiries through community based and collaborative practices.
Jake Tribus
Artistic Associate
@jake.tribus
Jake Tribus (he/him) joined Gibney Company as an Artistic Associate in 2020. He is a 2020 graduate of USC’s Glorya Kaufman School of Dance under the direction of Jodie Gates. Tribus’ past training includes intensives with Netherlands Dance Theater, Batsheva Gaga Technique, The Juilliard School, and Complexions Contemporary Ballet. Additionally he has performed repertoire from choreographers William Forsythe, Ohad Naharin, Crystal Pite, Jîrí Kylián, Twyla Tharp, Johan Inger, Sharon Eyal, Paul Taylor, Victor Quijada, Aszure Barton, Sonya Tayeh, and Dwight Rhoden. Jake has performed on stages including The Joyce Theatre (with Gibney Company and the Glorya Kaufman School of Dance), The Shed (with A Quiet Evening of Dance by William Forsythe), the Kampnagel International Summer Festival (premiering Where There’s Form by Aszure Barton), and in 2022 the Fire Island Dance Festival (choreography by Akira Uchida and Micaela Taylor). He has also performed in music videos and on stage for artists including Taylor Swift, Lorde, Backstreet Boys, and Janet Jackson, among others. Jake is the recipient of a 2022 Princess Grace Award in Dance. Jake most recently was a lead actor and dancer in “Daytripper,” a film directed and choreographed by James Whiteside in partnership with All Arts (a program of PBS). His Moving Toward Justice Fellowship project with Gibney, Converge2Emerge (“C2E”), aims to magnify emerging choreographic voices in New York City through career mentorship, financial resources, and artistic collaboration. He is originally from Raleigh, North Carolina, where he began his training at CC & Company Dance Complex. He also trained at Next Generation Ballet in Tampa, Florida, under the direction of Peter Stark.